Walking up to the second floor, Cai Zhao found that the room had been laid out, including tea, snacks, a small charcoal stove, brand-new bedding, a steaming bathtub in the inner clean room, and various bamboo utensils with new tung oil.
Finally, the waiter brought up a warm nest and took out a bowl of fragrant wontons - under the fragrant and clear chicken soup, the wonton skin was as thin as transparent, and the shrimp meat filling inside was reddish and tender.
Of course, green onions are indispensable.
After everyone left and the door was closed, Cai Zhao sat at the table and stared at the bowl of wontons for a long time.
She sighed helplessly: "Come out."
Chapter 96
The light green fine gauze curtain is hung on the light yellow pear wood bed frame, which looks particularly plain and leisurely. Following Cai Zhao's calm voice, a tall young figure slowly walked out from behind the bed frame.
The young man is elegant and handsome, with a face like a crown jewel and a smile on his lips. Who is it if he is not the Mu Qingyan that Cai Zhao is familiar with. It was only after a few months that he gained a little more aura of commanding the world, which was obviously due to his increasing authority after succeeding as the leader.
He sat down next to Cai Zhao comfortably and said, "Zhao Zhao is finally here and asked me to wait."
Cai Zhao said with a straight face: "When did you bribe the shopkeeper?" Li Yuanmin would definitely not find an inn for them to stay in that was not affiliated with the demon sect. Naturally, it was the monster who took action later.
Mu Qingyan: "I didn't bribe the shopkeeper."
Cai Zhao sneered: "Don't tell me that you persuade people with virtue and make the shopkeeper listen to you."
"I bought the whole inn."
"..."
Like all his fellow disciples, Cai Zhao did not have a good rest in the small inn last night. He was running around all day today. Now that he was tired and hungry, his temper naturally became worse. He sneered and said: "Master Mu is here to visit you." , I don’t know what you have to say.”
Mu Qingyan saw a pair of big blue eyes on the girl's white face, and said distressedly: "I just said that little shabby inn is not good. I originally wanted to find a good place for you to rest last night, but you didn't know that you just slipped away. Run away, otherwise I wouldn’t be so tired.”
Cai Zhao got angry and said loudly: "You didn't say anything bad about that little shabby inn last night. You were busy scolding me! If I don't run away, will I stay there and continue to be scolded by you?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, you have a bad temper. You are tired and hungry, and your anger is strong." Mu Qingyan looked concerned, "Quickly calm down and adjust your breath, don't distract your true energy. When I come back and I beat Song Yuzhi, how can you do it? I can’t help you anymore.”
Cai Zhao wished he could knock him out of the sky with one punch, and said loudly: "You don't mention that Third Senior Brother can't speak, right?!"
"No, I have also reflected on my inappropriate words last night, so I watched Song Yu go up the mountain to meet you at noon today without saying a word." Mu Qingyan looked at the overall situation.
Cai Zhao was furious: "You asked someone to check on me again!"
"It's not an investigation, it's a guard. You Beichen Six Faction have so many enemies, what if you meet a bad guy outside?"
Cai Zhao was speechless: "...You can also say this. Isn't the biggest enemy of our Beichen Six Sects your Demon Sect!"
Mu Qingyan pretended not to hear, but said with a melancholy expression, "Whether you believe it or not, I have figured it out. The gap between you and me is far more than just one Song Yuzhi."
Cai Zhao was slightly calm.
Mu Qingyan pushed the wonton soup bowl in front of her and said softly: "Eat it while it's hot. If you keep it for a long time, the skin will become mushy."
Cai Zhao was indeed very hungry, and the aroma of chicken soup reached his nose again, so he picked up the spoon and ate it unceremoniously.
"Eat slowly, eat slowly, try this butterfly cake. I asked someone to make it according to Fu Rong's technique." Mu Qingyan helped her take out the four-color snacks from the warm nest, "It tastes good, better than the clear soup." The watery corn porridge and the greasy meat Shaomai are much better. After all, he is a person who does not live in the world and does not care about others at all..."
Cai Zhao paused the spoon, puffed out his cheeks and widened his eyes. Mu Qingyan pretended to clear his throat and turned away.
After gnawing down four butterfly pastries, three pea yellows and two jade rolls soaked in thick soup, and drank up all the wonton soup, Cai Zhao felt that he was back in the world again. She put down the spoon and said, "It's better to tell you why Master Mu is here earlier, otherwise the little girl will be very frightened."
Mu Qingyan looked around and said to him: "The journey to Zhaozhao has been dusty, so why not go in and wash up first? I think the bathtub inside is still hot."
Cai Zhao sneered again: "Now that I have made up my mind, I am not joking. It's better for you and me to distinguish each other more clearly. Don't think that we can still mess around like before! Can you be there when I take a shower? You're on the sidelines, that's rude!"
She felt that her words had weight and saved face for both parties, so that was fine.
Unexpectedly, Mu Qingyan, who had been looking so amiable since he entered the house, suddenly darkened his face, "You can just decide what's going on between you and me. Just leave after saying that. Are you looking at me like a dead person? What kind of etiquette are you talking about?" Stop doing this!"
Cai Zhao, "How come you can change your face faster than you can turn the pages of a book..." You are indeed a monster!
"You didn't eat well or sleep well along the way, and you were also angry with your classmates. I feel sorry for you so I don't care about you." Mu Qingyan's eyes were dark, and he had an indescribable aura, "Now that you are full, Okay, let’s discuss it carefully.”
He slapped the table with his palm neatly, "What did you say just now about distance and distance? Who do you want to be far from or close to? If you have the idea, just tell me!"
Of course Cai Zhao couldn't tell it, and even if he could, he wouldn't dare to say it, for fear that he would go crazy.
She had been determined to live a peaceful and leisurely life since she was a child. She couldn't quarrel with the monster, so she had to turn around and sit down in anger.
Mu Qingyan saw what she was doing and sneered: "Okay, Miss Cai doesn't want to argue with a heretic like me, so I'll find someone who is willing to argue with me..." With that, he stood up and walked out.
Alarm bells rang in Cai Zhao's heart, and he quickly turned around and grabbed his sleeve, "Where are you going! Who are you going to find! Are you going to fight Third Senior Brother again?!"
Mu Qingyan's smile became more and more sarcastic, "It doesn't have to be Song Yuzhi. There are so many people in this inn that I don't like, so I can just find a few of them and slap them down to vent my anger."
"They have no enmity with you recently, and they will have no enmity in the future. Why are you looking for trouble with them!"
"Isn't that what Xiao Cai Nvxia said? The biggest enemy of the Six Beichen Sects is our Demon Sect. I, the leader of the Demon Sect, want to find a reason to provoke you Beichen disciples!"
"No, no, you can't go!" Cai Zhao used all his strength to hold Mu Qingyan's arm, "You walked out of my house and hit people in such a arrogant manner, then how should I explain it! Come back here speak nicely……"
Mu Qingyan saw that the girl's face was red with anxiety, so she stopped in front of the door bolt, turned around and said, "You said it yourself, 'Speak well', then you are not allowed to 'speak well' from now on."
Cai Zhao was helpless: "You clearly know that what I said when we parted is all true. There is a huge gap between you and me, so why bother each other. It is better to forget each other in the world. It is a beautiful time to remember this moment when we are old. I miss you, don’t you?”
"Little Heroine Cai is thinking long term." Mu Qingyan gritted her teeth with a smile, "I can't live through this moment anymore, there's no such thing as 'reminiscing in old age'. You can't be more violent, like the storybook says, 'I'm going to die' Die together and live together'!"
"...But I don't want to die yet." Cai Zhao sat on the bed with a sad face, "I don't want my parents and master to be sad for me."
Mu Qingyan also sat over and said in a gentle and soul-stirring tone, "Then aren't you afraid that we will be sad?"
Cai Zhao murmured: "Actually, before I met you, I had been living a pretty good life."
Mu Qingyan stood up suddenly, with blue veins popping out on his fair forehead: "That's good, then let's make a clean break and never see each other again!"
Hearing these categorical words, Cai Zhao's first thought was, 'Is it really true that we will never see him again?' His fingers reflexively dragged Mu Qingyan's sleeves. His second thought was, 'This might be the best thing.' "Okay," then let go of your fingers.
Mu Qingyan stared at her grabbing and releasing movements, then he let out a long sigh and sat down slumped.
He said softly: "Maybe it's better that you really haven't met me."
——With the love of her parents, the prestigious protection of her aunt Cai Pingshu, and a fiancé who comes from a well-known family and has a soft temper, Miss Cai's future is absolutely bright. She has never been stuck in the darkness and unwilling to let go.
Cai Zhao looked at him blankly and asked himself, what would life be like without Mu Qingyan?
There are no arguments, no worries, no dilemmas. However, there are also no chicken soup wontons...and the person making the wontons.
Looking at the girl's haggard little face, Mu Qingyan suddenly had the hopeless thought that as long as she was well, he would be trapped in the darkness. He was already used to it anyway.
He stroked her forehead with pity, "You are tired. I won't delay your rest. I just have something to tell you - I am afraid that the mastermind behind the massacre of the whole family of Da Xia Chang is not in my class."
Cai Zhao suddenly woke up: "What did you say?"
Mu Qingyan calmed down and said, "Shortly after you left, I pulled out all Nie Zhe's remaining men and found out one by one the dog legs that had massacred the Chang family. However, they all claimed that although the one who massacred the Chang Family Fort was They, but the person leading the way is not one of theirs, not even one of my disciples."
"What does this mean?" Cai Zhao was dumbfounded.
Mu Qingyan: "I separated the members of the Nie family for repeated interrogation and asked several things. Over the years, Nie Zhe has been secretly colluding with others. That person would reveal information about the Six Beichen Factions from time to time, so that Nie Zhe "Timely" interception and killing of some Beichen disciples was used to establish authority and power. In return, Nie Zhe would occasionally reveal information about our sect to that person, allowing that person to make meritorious deeds. I checked the records of the past ten years The archives, the seven or eight altar leaders and more than a dozen believers who were not convinced by Nie Zhe's contemporary leader, died in Beichen's hands without any reason."
Cai Zhao said bitterly: "Tell me the details of these cases, and I will find out the traitor who colluded with Nie Zhe!"
"It's so easy." Mu Qingyan shook his head, "I've checked everything. Except for you, Luoying Valley, who are really deaf to the world's affairs, the remaining five Beichen sects also participated in the hunting operation, and even Changchun Temple He and Xuankong An occasionally took action."
Cai Zhao was surprised: "Why is this? If you want to make meritorious deeds, shouldn't you act alone?"
After a moment, she blurted out, "Oh, I understand. The traitor didn't really want to rely on Nie Zhe's information to make a meritorious service, but to win Nie Zhe's trust. Nie Zhe felt that both of them had something to do with each other, so he felt more at ease. .”
"Not bad." Mu Qingyan appreciated it and added, "I asked about the Chang family's case again, and Nie Zhe's accomplices all said that they had no idea where the Chang family's Wubao was, and they didn't want to attack the Chang family. Yes. One day, Nie Zhe suddenly told them to get ready, and the day before the operation, Nie Zhe told them the exact route up the mountain and the direction."
"It seems that the traitor did it." Cai Zhao felt cold, "But even my father doesn't know the way to Changjia Wubao. Who could that person be?"
She couldn't help but sigh, "It would be better if you didn't kill Nie Zhe. Only he knows the identity of the traitor!"
Mu Qingyan frowned: "Hmph, do you think it was me who killed Nie Zhe?"
"Isn't it?" Cai Zhao was confused.
"Of course not." Mu Qingyan's eyes were stern, "He and Mrs. Sun were both silenced!"
Cai Zhao groaned and stammered: "You...Mrs. Sun was also silenced?"
Mu Qingyan sneered: "Yes, now the six Beichen sects are saying that I am a cruel and vicious person who even killed his biological mother who remarried - do you believe this?" He narrowed his eyes and spoke in a tone of voice. Danger.
Cai Zhao said cautiously: "Mrs. Sun killed your father, it's understandable that you want to seek justice." Although he felt that it was against harmony for his son to kill his own mother.
Mu Qingyan glared at her angrily, "I want to seek justice, but killing her is too cheap. I originally planned to let her eat bran, vegetables, coarse cloth and linen for the rest of her life!"
"This method is good, really good!" Cai Zhao praised loudly, and then said, "However, all the clues have been lost. Have you investigated the person who silenced him?"
"I checked." Mu Qingyan said in a deep voice, "However, there was a lot of chaos at that time, and the security of the passes in the Hanhai Mountains was not tight. If an expert escapes after silencing him, he will not be able to catch up."
"Then what should we do next?" Cai Zhao humbly asked for advice.
There was a hint of coldness in Mu Qingyan's eyes, "Let's start with the heads of the five Beichen sects."
Cai Zhao was unhappy: "You are too arbitrary. Why must it be the leader of each faction?"
"I didn't come here just by opening my mouth. Looking at the way this traitor behaves, he is not only sophisticated and rigorous, but also tight-lipped. He also picks up on people's opportunities and cuts off all the clues before he can do it. There is no way it could be the work of an unknown person. .”
Cai Zhao asked: "Okay, forget about others. My master, uncle Zhou and Chang Daxia are young friends. Why do they want to destroy the Chang family!"
"Of course they are afraid that Master Chang will find out that they are colluding with Nie Zhe." Mu Qingyan said without thinking.
Cai Zhaohaha sneered: "Here's the problem. My master is originally the head of the Beichen Sect. If he colludes with Nie Zhe, how can he get away with it?"
Mu Qingyan was rarely speechless.
Cai Zhao added: "There is also Uncle Zhou. He has not been fond of fighting since he was a boy. Even in the competition between the six sects that were very victorious, he must have left room for others. When he reaches middle age, he thinks of colluding with the demon sect? "
Mu Qingyan still couldn't answer.
Cai Zhao said again: "The remaining ones are Guangtian Clan, Siqi Clan, and Taichu Temple. Which head do you think of? Is it the Song Clan Master who is diligent in expanding his power and is not like my master, or is it the conspiracy? It's all written on Yang Heying's face, or Qiu Yuanfeng who just died not long ago?"
Mu Qingyan continued to remain silent.
Cai Zhao said proudly: "I know Master Mu, you don't like the fact that our Beichen Six Sect is so strong now, but we should still look for the shortcomings in ourselves and stop staring at our enemies! This kind of culture of only looking at others and not ourselves is very That’s not good. With the new leader Mu taking office, it’s time to reform the long-standing shortcomings of your demon sect over the years. After all, you have been fighting among factions for decades, and God knows if one of the losers is secretly causing trouble!”
Mu Qingyan listened quietly, and when the girl was finished feeling proud, he suddenly asked: "You, your parents, and Sect Master Qi have all confessed your affair with me, right? What did they say about me?"
Cai Zhao was stunned and said, "It's okay..."
"I can find out if you don't tell me."
Cai Zhao was helpless: "My master said you are a painted-skinned monster. It's okay to be dressed in human skin, but sooner or later you will eat people."
